Hanson at BillboardYes, that Hanson covering that Weezer. The Hot 100
No. 1 boys (and brothers) of "MMMbop" are now the men of "Shout It Out,"
which reach No. 2 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart last
year. And they came to the Billboard studio to fire up a sweet and
simple version of Weezer's No. 2 Alternative Songs chart hit.

"Weezer's
an amazing band… What I've always admired is the fact that they really
have an identifiable thing going, which is sort-of-pop songs -- but
heavy," singer Taylor Hanson says of why they went with Weezer for their
Mashup Mondays performance. "'Troublemaker' is such a cool
attitude-ridden track."

"Making it a Hanson song was mainly about the rhythm, having a groove" eldest brother, guitarist Issac explains.

Youngest
brother, drum Zac Hanson, adds that the key to the cover was to "not
try to be Weezer, and have our own swagger about it."

Not
that they have to try hard. Not many bands can say they've been in a
Katy Perry video (Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)) and on a world tour at
the same time. Hanson's run of the U.S. goes through Nov. 1, and then
jumps over to South America on Nov. 4 before jumping over to Europe with
dates through Jan. 2011.

Check out Hanson talking about everything and performing one of its own new tunes, "Give A Little," below.